thinkprogress.org - 11/5/2008
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Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced his new transition team , which includes Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) President and CEO John Podesta as one of three co-chairs.
The media have floated the possibility that Podesta might serve in various roles in the Obama ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/12/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Before it was clear that Barack Obama would
be elected, John Podesta, the current co-chair of the...
White House transition team, laid out an agenda for the next president that was aggressive, assertive but politically practical. In excerpts of a ...
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Podesta Sketches Out Vision For Assertive Presidency
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Podesta: Not Joining New Admin
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
Obama transition co-chief John Podesta will not be joining the new administration, according to an internal Center for American Progress e-mail obtained by the intrepid journalists at the Center for American Progress: ...
Podesta won't take job in Obama White House
Politico Live's Blogs —
... Speculation surrounding a possible spot for John Podesta in the White House reached such a pitch that the Center for American Progress president and CEO sent an e-mail to CAP staffers today putting the rumor to bed. ...
Podesta staying outside
Ben Smith's Blog —
John Podesta's Center for American Progress house blog, Think Progress, scoops the internal memo from Obama's transition chief:
I am honored to have been asked to help organize the President-elect’s transition to a new government. For this purpose, I am taking a temporary leave of absence during the transition period. As I have advised Senator Obama and the Boards of CAP and CAPAF, I will not be joining the new Administration and will return to American Progress after the transition ends.
Podesta Will Not Take Job in Administration
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
According to an internal email, former White House chief of staff and Obama transition co-director says he will not be taking a permanent position in the new administration. ...
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bloomberg.com 11/28/2008 — Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government should demand accountability and changes at Citigroup Inc., as well as from automakers, in exchange for any financial assistance, a top transition official for President-elect Barack Obama said. “It seems to ...
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thepage.time.com 11/28/2008 —
Obama's transition director also tells Bloomberg to expect more Republicans throughout the Obama administration.
Plus: Defends AG contender Eric Holder, despite his role in the Marc Rich pardoning: “If we're all held up to a one-mistake rule, ...
Podesta: ‘Let Barack have his Blackberry.’
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Obama transition team announced —
CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
(CNN) — Barack Obama and Joe Biden formally announced their transition team Wednesday, and named former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, longtime Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, and Pete Rouse, Obama's Senate chief of staff, to oversee the ...
Obama has choices for excess cash —
CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
(CNN) — So you’ve just finished a hard-fought campaign for federal office, and after paying off campaign expenses and debts, you find yourself with a tidy surplus of funds left over in your campaign coffers. What’s a candidate to do?
The ...
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